As most of you are aware, since our last Committee
Meeting, Mr. Hampton has decided to step down from his position as
Scoutmaster.This decision was not made
lightly, but with the needs of his family and the needs of the Troop being
carefully weighed. Mr. Hampton won’t be holding the position of scoutmaster but
still plans to have an active role in the Troop and with our sons.We are truly grateful to him for his years
of service and tireless effort to see “his” scouts reach Eagle.

Mr. Chris Wessel
has stepped down as Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 5 to take on the Scoutmaster
position of a Troop in Chaffee, MO.We are sorry to see him go,
he and his family offered a lot to Troop 5 during the time they were with
us.We Congratulate Chris and wish his
family our best with their new Troop.

I.Committee Reports

II.Old Business

A.Thanks
to all the scouts and parents who participated in some way, in the VFW
dedication on Saturday.Scouts were
needed to set out flags and adults and scouts were needed to help in the
parking lot.

B.The
HahnState Park campout on the 16th
of April, may need to begin on Friday evening the 15th
as all regular campsites have been taken.The remaining campsites are first come first served.There will be more details on this campout in
the Troop meeting.

C.Trade-O-Ree was held on March 11th and 12th.Thank you again, Mr. Hinton for coordinating
this event. Mr. Hampton reported that the community participation in this event
was poor.He has several ideas to
improve Trade-O-Ree in the future, but would like the
input of the parent committee as to whether or not Troop 5 wants to be involved
in Trade-O-Ree in the future.He will meet with us this evening.

D.Scout
Camp forms were passed out to the Assistant Scoutmasters.Scout Camp is June 19-25th.Afee of $140.00is due by April 27th for all those
interested in attending camp.

The M.S. walk is April 10th
from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.We need
8-12 scouts and 4-5 adults to participate.See me if you are interested.

Webelos
weekend will be held the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of
October.Anyone interested in helping
with this event please see me.

The Dragon Patrol needs an
adult leader.If no leader comes
forward, they will be integrated into another patrol.

Camporee
is scheduled for April 30-May 1st.It will be held on the Seminary grounds in Perryville, MO.Check-in is between 5p.m.and 8p.m. on
Friday.Checkout is between 7 a.m. and
9a.m. on Sunday.Cost is $2.50 per
scout.There are prerequisites for the
Veterinary Medicine Merit Badge.Each
scout will write a 300 word (min.) paper describing the housing, feeding,
watering, exercising, and grooming of a pet or farm animal.Include troop number, patrol and scouts name
on paper.It is due at check-in.The second pre-requisite is visiting a
veterinarian to discuss their work, or have a veterinarian visit a troop
meeting.Scout leaders need to sign a
form indicating that this requirement has been fulfilled.

Boys still interested in
completing the salesmanship Merit Badge need to contact Rhonda Wessel.She is
willing to come to a Troop meeting to help the boys finish this badge.

The family weekend at campSEMO
has been scheduled for August 12-14.A
deposit has been paid. ($330.00).We need to decide if we want to do the family
weekend, or if we need to cancel.

Camp Ondessonk
will remain on the schedule for May 14, 2005.It is graduation weekend at Central but since only a few were affected,
this date was not changed.

The status of the high
adventure trip to “The FloridaNationalHighAdventureSea
Base” is uncertain.I will get back to
you on this.

New Business

Mr. Mark Kinder has taken on
the position of Assistant Scoutmaster of the Eagles Patrol.

Junior
Leadership Training is available for two dates this summer, June 26th
– July 2nd and July 10th – 16th.The cost is $160.00 per scout.

I need someone to volunteer to
print the programs for the Court of Honor.Please see me.We need to have
someone in place by the next meeting to do this.

Mr. Hampton wanted me to check
with the committee to see if we would be interested in doing a PagodaGardens
gift certificate fundraiser.

Our committee, or subcommittee,
will be involved in finding a new Scoutmaster.An invitation has been extended to Troop 5 Assistant Scoutmasters to
apply for the position but as of Sunday, I haven’t heard of anyone being
interested.VFW representative Mr. Bill
Humphries and other Troop 5 leaders have submitted names for the position.I will have more on this at our next meeting.